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(Research.gov) Engineers at Drexel University in Philadelphia have developed a new cement that reduces energy use and carbon dioxide output by 97 percent compared to standard Portland cement. The research behind the new cement is described in the March 2012 issue of the journal Cement and Concrete Composites (paid subscription required). The new . . . → Read More: Energy Efficient, Low CO2, Lower Cost Cement Developed  Comments are closed  New products  chemistry, cleantech, energy, engineering, entrepreneurs, manufacturing, materials science, physical sciences, university (USA.gov) An initiative led by pharmacists, using information technology was found to reduce more prescription errors by general practitioners than simple automated feedback among patients at risk for these errors. The findings by a team led by University of Nottingham medical professor Tony Avery, himself a practicing G.P. , appear online in the . . . → Read More: Pharmacist/Tech Initiative Found to Cut Medication Errors One comment - (Comments are closed) Regulations biomedical, clinical trials, computer science, economics, Europe, pharmaceuticals, U.K., university (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) General Electric and the U.K. environmental organization Carbon Trust will collaborate on backing start-up companies in Europe focusing on clean technologies. The partnership comes as the share of European investment in clean energy has declined over the past five years. During the first 18 months of the partnership, the . . . → Read More: GE, Carbon Trust to Partner on Clean Tech Start-Up Support One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations cleantech, energy, engineering, equity, Europe, investment, U.K., venture capital Intraoral tongue drive device (Georgia Tech) A system designed at Georgia Institute of Technology enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and electrically powered wheelchair by moving their tongues. The Tongue Drive, as the system is called, is scheduled for demonstration today by electrical and computer engineering professor Maysam . . . → Read More: Device Improves Wheelchair Control for Spinal Cord Injured Comments are closed New products biomedical, clinical trials, computer science, engineering, medical device, physical sciences, university (USDA.gov) Bayer CropScience in Monheim, Germany and Texas AgriLife Research in College Station will collaborate on developing improved types of wheat and taking them to market. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Researchers at the two organizations plan to develop wheat lines that offer drought and disease resistance which are important . . . → Read More: Bayer, Texas AgrilLife to Partner on New Wheat Varieties One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations agriculture, biotechnology, Europe, genomics, life sciences BrailleTouch (Georgia Tech) Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a prototype application for touch-screen mobile devices that aims to be a way of texting without the need to look at a handheld device’s screen. The team led by postdoctoral researcher Mario Romero in Georgia Tech’s interactive computing school will demonstrate the app . . . → Read More: Braille Texting App for Visually Impaired in Prototype Comments are closed New products computer science, engineering, physical sciences, software, university Computer scientists at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have discovered a vulnerability in cellular networks that can allow hackers to follow individual cell phone users without their knowledge. Ph.D. candidate Denis Foo Kune, with fellow student John Koelndorfer and professors Nick Hopper and Yongdae Kim presented their findings earlier this month at the Network & . . . → Read More: Cell Phone User Locations Open to Hackers via Networks One comment - (Comments are closed) Regulations computer science, engineering, physical sciences, software, university (A. Kotok) Researchers at University of Queensland in Australia are collaborating with the U.S. pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson to develop components of spider venom as a potential treatment for pain. Johnson & Johnson’s Corporate Office of Science and Technology (COSAT) and other company units will provide funding to the university’s Institute for . . . → Read More: J&J, University to Partner on Spider Venom Therapy for Pain Comments are closed Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations Australia, biomedical, grant, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university Drug delivery chip implant, at right, with common flash-memory drive for size comparison (MicroCHIPS Inc.) Scientists at medical technology developer MicroCHIPS in Walthan, Massachusetts and MIT reported the results of a successful human clinical trial of a programmable and wirelessly controlled implanted microchip to deliver drugs. The results appear online in the journal . . . → Read More: Device Company, MIT Test Drug-Delivery Implanted Microchip 3-D tissue model (Sun Lab/Brown University) Researchers at Brown University in Providence and Harvard Medical School in Boston have created a three-dimensional living tissue model of the brain, including surrounding blood vessels, to study potential brain tumor treatments. The team of chemistry and biomedical engineering researchers published their findings in the journal Theranostics. . . . → Read More: Living Tissue Cell Model Developed to Study Brain Tumors One comment - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, cancer, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university |
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